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MAKING BROTHERHOOD. 
and daughter-in-law of the sultan pierced his neck 
and chest, and he was drawn out by one leg like a 
dog through the gate. The woman who committed 
this act came in fear to me at night, saying, " Give 
me protection : it is said I am to be killed for stabbing 
the adulterer." Though for the moment I detested the 
woman, I endeavoured to calm her by saying my guns 
would be her protection, and my men should sleep in 
her house. On asking her " Why did you soil your 
hands with such a deed ? " she replied, in the most 
animated way, " Oh, did I not glory in it ! did the 
fellow not come to my bedside one night making pro- 
positions to me, and I never could get hold of him 
since ? " The following day she, as usual, wished me 
good-morning, but I shuddered to think that so hand- 
some a woman and so kind a mother, with four beau- 
tiful children who must have seen all, could have 
committed such an act. The woman who had offend- 
ed was a middle-aged good-looking person. Nothing 
whatever was done to her, though she had once be- 
fore been the cause of a man's death under similar 
circumstances. Previous to this event she would 
come often to look at herself in my mirror, but after- 
wards I did not see so much of her. 
Several of our men made brotherhood with the 
Wezees, and the process between Bombay and the 
sultan's son, Keerenga, may be mentioned. My con- 
sent having been given, a mat is spread, and a con- 
fidential party or surgeon attends on each. All 
four squat, as if to have a game at whist ; before 
them are two clean leaves, a little grease, and a 
spear-head ; a cut is made under the ribs of the 
left side of each party, a drop of blood put on a 
